- Amazon reports reveal old CEO payments
- The current salary of CEO Andy Jassy was $ 365,000 in 2024, Bezos’ was $ 81,840
- Amazon’s average salary was $ 37,000 in 2024
Amazon paid more to Jeff Bezos than his current CEO, Andy Jassy in 2024, but that does not mean that the founder had a higher salary to live.
In fact, Jassy’s salary reached approximately 4.5x more than Bezos – $ 365,000 against $ 81,840 – but where the two leaders differ in other eligible expenses and costs.
Bezos had obtained $ 1.6 million in security fees in 2024, the company defending high security costs due to the low wages and benefits of the company of the former CEO.
Jeff Bezos continues to cost millions of Amazon
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, with financial director Brian Olsavsky, CEO of Amazon Stores Douglas Herrington and worldwide affairs and Legals David Zapolsky received $ 365,000 wages, an unchanged figure compared to the previous year. AWS CEO Matt Garman received a slightly smaller package of $ 358,750.
Defending his decision to compensate Jassy 1.2 million additional dollars, more tens of thousands for other C-Suite executives, the company noted: “We believe that all the safety costs incurators are reasonable and necessary and for the benefit of the company.”
“The total annual remuneration of 2024 of our median employee in remuneration (identified from all permanent and temporary employees full -time and part -time worldwide, excluding our CEO) was $ 37,181,” also noted Amazon.
The other subjects discussed in the annual shareholder assembly included the request for reports on alternative emissions, additional reports on the impact of data centers and climate commitments, and a report on packaging documents.
The Council voted against the three requests, noting existing transparency, membership of protocols and directives and the work that has already been carried out.
The complete details of the assembly are in the Amazon opinion of the annual meeting in 2025 shareholders and the declaration of proxy.
